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<nowiki>The ''Virtual School Name'' ('''alternate name''', '''abbreviation''') is a [[institution type]] </nowiki> located in <Town, Province, Region, <nowiki>[[Country]]</nowiki> etc>.
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My Links... 
[[Programmes]] |
[[Special:Categories|Categories]] |
[[Abbreviations]] |
[[Special:Contributions/SaraFrankBristow|Contributions]]


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*'''Please add four tildes in sequence when saving your changes so I know who wrote what and when - thank you!'''
== New cats Oct 2011==


<nowiki>*</nowiki> Date founded
* [[Category:Regional virtual schools (to include multistate/multiprovince)


<nowiki>*</nowiki> Size of institution (enrollment)
* [[Category:US statewide virtual schools
* [[Category:US multi-school-district virtual schools
* [[Category:US single-school-district virtual schools
* [[Category:US full-time virtual schools
* [[Category:US supplemental virtual school providers
* [[Category:US charter schools


<nowiki>*</nowiki> Teaching level (grades, etc.)


<nowiki>*</nowiki> Learning mode (e.g. what % online?)
* [[Category:Canada provincewide (provincial?) virtual schools
* [[Category:Canada multi-school-district virtual schools
* [[Category:Canada single-school-district virtual schools
(Did we want a full-time v. supplemental breakdown for Canada as for the US?)
* [[Category:Canada charter schools


<nowiki>*</nowiki> Mission, if clearly stated (e.g. targeting underprivileged youths, etc.)
* [[Category:Australia statewide virtual schools
(No further gradation for Australia - yet - that we discussed?)


The Virtual School Name web site is at <insert URL here>.


* [[Category:Consortia (already exists - use lowercasing)


<nowiki>==More Details==</nowiki>


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* [[Category:Sites using Elluminate (use lowercasing)
(And all others)


<nowiki>*</nowiki> Number of faculty/staff
* [[Category:K12 Inc virtual schools
* [[Category:Connections Academy virtual schools
* [[Category:Insight virtual schools
* [[Category:iQ Academy virtual schools
* [[Category:Kaplan Academy virtual schools
* [[Category:Giant Campus virtual schools
* [[Category:Advanced Academics virtual schools
* [[Category:Apex Learning virtual schools
* [[Category:Aventa Learning virtual schools


<nowiki>*</nowiki> organisation history


<nowiki>*</nowiki> connection to a particular university or universities
* [[Category:Small virtual schools (<100 students)
* [[Category:Medium virtual schools (100-999 students)
* [[Category:Large virtual schools (1000-4999 students)
* [[Category:Very large virtual schools (5000-9999 students)
* [[Category:Mega virtual schools (>10000 students)


<nowiki>*</nowiki> use of learning management system/other technology


* [[Category:Ceased virtual schools (closed for any reason at all)




<nowiki>==References==</nowiki>
<b>NOTE: I also add categories like: Virtual schools, Virtual schooling providers, Sites using Moodle, etc. where they seem applicable.</b>


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== Sara's priority list as of 11.11.11==


<nowiki>*</nowiki> "Resource title", Publication/Publisher, Publication date, URL, Retrieval date
VISCED - November


<nowiki>*</nowiki> "Resource title", Publication/Publisher, Publication date, URL, Retrieval date
<del>* Revisit US country report (.5 day)</del>
* Continental Editor - Australasia, Oceania (1 day)
<del>* Mendeley group on pedagogy, best practice for VS teachers, new tagging etc (4 days on draft)</del>


<nowiki>*</nowiki> "Resource title", Publication/Publisher, Publication date, URL, Retrieval date
LUOERL - Dec1ish
* Update database to match report (1 day)
* Prepare for POERUP as appropriate


POERUP - December
* Review bid
* Review LUOERL
* Review/master Magic Words


<nowiki>----</nowiki>
<del>* US virtual schools entries</del>
<del>* building comprehensive list of US schools</del>
<del>* add remaining US state entries</del>
<del>* finalise schools template </del>
<del>* send Barry my comments on US vs - 1-2 states use as exemplars</del>
<del>* send Barry my categories ideas</del>


'''<font color=darkred>+++Edit the section below to reflect the correct information for this school.+++</font>'''
==Items Under Discussion==
NONE


== Notes to Self==
<nowiki> {{SimilarName|[[Full Institution Name]] (Abbreviation) in [[Country]]}} </nowiki>


<nowiki>></nowiki> <nowiki>[[</nowiki>Country]]  <br>
==Comments/Discussion area==
 
*<strike>Sara, you said "does category:remove work" on eCollege. Well if you consider human actions, it works! I use the category:remove to give people the opportunity to save the entry from removal, but once in a while I go into the dead-end pages, orphaned pages, double redirects and also category:remove and I try to clean everything up a bit. if you've come across a better / automated system or you would like to just remove it immediately, do let me know and I'll do the same. --[[User:NikkiCortoos|NikkiCortoos]] 17:04, 6 August 2009 (CEST)</strike>
 
*<strike>Hello Sara, I don't know how the discussion normally works, but I used strike-through for the previous message =) and thank you for the good example to paste much used links on the discussion page, you can see that I've copied your example. Our very own Community of Practice! Wenger would be proud! --[[User:NikkiCortoos|NikkiCortoos]] 10:15, 13 August 2009 (CEST)</strike>
<nowiki>></nowiki> <nowiki>[[</nowiki>Other region, e.g. Wales, Europe<nowiki>]]</nowiki>    <br>
 
 
<nowiki>></nowiki> <nowiki>[[</nowiki>Virtual schools OR Virtual colleges OR Virtual Schooling providers<nowiki>]]</nowiki> <br>
 
 
 
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* Category:Virtual colleges
* Category:Virtual schooling providers
* Category:Private providers
* Category:Private nonprofit providers
* Category:National schools-level initiatives
* Category:Virtual schools in country
* Category:Virtual colleges in country
* Category:Virtual schools in region
* Category:Virtual colleges in region
 
 
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<nowiki>[[Category:Country]]</nowiki><br>
 
<nowiki>[[Category:Other Region, e.g. United Kingdom]]</nowiki><br>
 
 
'''<font color=darkred>+++And be sure to include:+++</font>'''
 
<nowiki>[[Category:VISCED]</nowiki><br>

Latest revision as of 05:04, 19 December 2011

My Links... Programmes | Categories | Abbreviations | Contributions


  • Please add four tildes in sequence when saving your changes so I know who wrote what and when - thank you!

New cats Oct 2011

  • [[Category:Regional virtual schools (to include multistate/multiprovince)
  • [[Category:US statewide virtual schools
  • [[Category:US multi-school-district virtual schools
  • [[Category:US single-school-district virtual schools
  • [[Category:US full-time virtual schools
  • [[Category:US supplemental virtual school providers
  • [[Category:US charter schools


  • [[Category:Canada provincewide (provincial?) virtual schools
  • [[Category:Canada multi-school-district virtual schools
  • [[Category:Canada single-school-district virtual schools

(Did we want a full-time v. supplemental breakdown for Canada as for the US?)

  • [[Category:Canada charter schools
  • [[Category:Australia statewide virtual schools

(No further gradation for Australia - yet - that we discussed?)


  • [[Category:Consortia (already exists - use lowercasing)


  • [[Category:Sites using Elluminate (use lowercasing)

(And all others)

  • [[Category:K12 Inc virtual schools
  • [[Category:Connections Academy virtual schools
  • [[Category:Insight virtual schools
  • [[Category:iQ Academy virtual schools
  • [[Category:Kaplan Academy virtual schools
  • [[Category:Giant Campus virtual schools
  • [[Category:Advanced Academics virtual schools
  • [[Category:Apex Learning virtual schools
  • [[Category:Aventa Learning virtual schools


  • [[Category:Small virtual schools (<100 students)
  • [[Category:Medium virtual schools (100-999 students)
  • [[Category:Large virtual schools (1000-4999 students)
  • [[Category:Very large virtual schools (5000-9999 students)
  • [[Category:Mega virtual schools (>10000 students)


  • [[Category:Ceased virtual schools (closed for any reason at all)


NOTE: I also add categories like: Virtual schools, Virtual schooling providers, Sites using Moodle, etc. where they seem applicable.

Sara's priority list as of 11.11.11

VISCED - November

* Revisit US country report (.5 day)

  • Continental Editor - Australasia, Oceania (1 day)

* Mendeley group on pedagogy, best practice for VS teachers, new tagging etc (4 days on draft)

LUOERL - Dec1ish

  • Update database to match report (1 day)
  • Prepare for POERUP as appropriate

POERUP - December

  • Review bid
  • Review LUOERL
  • Review/master Magic Words

* US virtual schools entries * building comprehensive list of US schools * add remaining US state entries * finalise schools template * send Barry my comments on US vs - 1-2 states use as exemplars * send Barry my categories ideas

Items Under Discussion

NONE

Notes to Self

{{SimilarName|[[Full Institution Name]] (Abbreviation) in [[Country]]}}

Comments/Discussion area

  • Sara, you said "does category:remove work" on eCollege. Well if you consider human actions, it works! I use the category:remove to give people the opportunity to save the entry from removal, but once in a while I go into the dead-end pages, orphaned pages, double redirects and also category:remove and I try to clean everything up a bit. if you've come across a better / automated system or you would like to just remove it immediately, do let me know and I'll do the same. --NikkiCortoos 17:04, 6 August 2009 (CEST)
  • Hello Sara, I don't know how the discussion normally works, but I used strike-through for the previous message =) and thank you for the good example to paste much used links on the discussion page, you can see that I've copied your example. Our very own Community of Practice! Wenger would be proud! --NikkiCortoos 10:15, 13 August 2009 (CEST)
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